S8 ORIGIXAL DOCUMENTS.

prior of Lenton and tlio prior of tho Hospital of St. John of Jernsalem, in the 7th Richarl I., ab>nt the church of Oscinton, and that the prior of Lenton produced the grant of that church by Hugh de Buron in the Uth Stephen, and that the i>rior of St. Juhn produced the grant of Ivoger de Buron, by which he gave to that liou.se the town of Oscinton. No judg- ment was given ; but it i.s clear that the grant of Roger was produced as a defence, an 1 it could only have been a defence if the grant was made by Roger, whilst he owned the estate, and before the grant of Hugh. The inference, therefore, is. that Roger owned the estate before Hugh ; and, as the estate no doubt descended from Ralph, the inference is, that Roger was the son of Ralph, and either the father or elder brother 'if Hugh. And the grant we have given by Roger in the time of Henry I. quite coincides with this view ; as it shows that at that time Roger owned some (and probably the whole) of the estates, and therefore might have owned 0.sciaton and made the grant of it before 9th Stephen. C. S. G. No. 1. Ricardus de Curzun omnibus hominibus et amicis suis salutem. Sciatis me rcddisse ° et conccssisse et rccognovissc Thome, filio Thome de Curzun, totam villam de Ketelestuue, cum advocationc ecclesie, et cum molcndino, et cum omnibus aliis pertinentiis, (jue jtertinent ad predictam vilKim de Ketelestune, tcnendam de mo et hcrcdibus meis, ille ct hcredes sui ' libere et quiete ab omni servitio per servitium unius militis ; salvo forinseco servitio, et indo homagium suum milii fecit. Hiis testibus, Hngone liardulf, magistro Rogero Arundel, Plii- lippo filio Robcrti, (Jalfrido Haket, Justiciariis Domini Regis apud Notingham, a>mo decimo rei,'ni Regis Ricardi, ct aliis Raronibus et fuleli- l)us Domini Regis ibidem tunc i)rcsentibus, Willielmo filio Walkeline, .lohanue de Bo.><chervillc, Willieluio do Rideware, Symono do Tuschet, U<jl)erto filio Walkeline, WilHelmo de (Jodintone, IMiilippo de Derbi, Henrico Decaiio, ct phiribus aliis. Ajipcnded is a fragment of a large seal, on which is the imperfect figure of the upper part of a m.ui with a iielmet on, and portion of tho legend "Sigillum." The deed is in a very good state of jircsorvation. No. 2. Notuin hit omnibus f'hristi fnUlibus, ad (|uos jtrcscns scriptum pcr- vencrit, (piod ego Ricardu.s de Cur/uii condoiiuvi et (luietum clamavi Thome do Curzun do Ketlestone, auxihuin quod mihi debuit ad filiuiu meum primrtgenitum niilitem fuciendum, (|uc ad primogenitam fdiam meam maritandam, de tcnemento (piod do mo tenet ; scilicet propter auxilium, (juod fecit mihi ud ])riniogenitum filium dotiiini Comitis de f'V-rniriis tiiilitem faciendum, (pu.' ad primogenitam fiiiam suam mari- tandam. Ut autem litero ihlo rate et inconciiKKo pcrinaiicant, higilli mci imprcHsiono can coroburavi. Hii.n tesliliu.s, Itadulpho fiUo .Nicholai,

• Sic, pro rcddidiBW. ' Sic, pru Hibi ct Lcrodibua Huiii.